brown point snail vs Pumpkin Ash

Acicula fusca compared with Fraxinus profunda

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Pumpkin Ash is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Pumpkin Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Acicula	Fraxinus
Species	Acicula fusca	Fraxinus profunda

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Pumpkin Ash

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Pumpkin Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brown point snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Pumpkin Ash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Canada. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

brown point snail

The Brown Point Snail (Acicula fusca) is a species in the genus Acicula. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.